![]() ![]() ![]() It never made me reflect on much, but I was eager for the next week to see what would happen. Like millions of Americans (and Brits), I found the first two seasons great fun-a superb entertainment with its multiple stories, opulent sets, and remarkable character acting. This useful, if not precise, distinction between entertainment and art occurred to me as I began watching the third season of Downton Abbey. His more serious "novels," like The Power and the Glory or The Quiet American-his art-were aimed at both. ![]() To oversimplify slightly, Greene's entertainments, like The Confidential Agent and Ministry of Fear, were well-plotted mysteries, espionage thrillers, and psychological melodramas aimed at stimulating emotion more than the mind. This entertainment/art schematic was used, early in his career, by Graham Greene to describe his own work. 'Suits' Does for Lawyers What 'Downton Abbey' Does for Aristocrats ![]()
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